February 17, 2012 – Gizmodo is not objective. It never has been, I don't think. And I hope it never will be. Because the point isn't to be something as meaningless—and frankly, false—as objective. More »
Where Microsoft Prints Out Prototype Xbox Controllers—and Then Tortures Them
(Gizmodo.com ) February 17, 2012 – I took a trip to Seattle a little while ago. Actually a long while ago. And I shot a bunch of video of cool stuff. Then it got lost, because I am a terrible person. [Kotaku]
Where Espresso Machines Are Born
February 17, 2012 – I took a trip to Seattle a little while ago. Actually a long while ago. And I shot a bunch of video of cool stuff. Then it got lost, because I am a terrible person. More »
Where Microsoft Prints Out Prototype Xbox Controllers—and Then Tortures Them
February 17, 2012 – I took a trip to Seattle a little while ago. Actually a long while ago. And I shot a bunch of video of cool stuff. Then it got lost, because I am a terrible person. More »
Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive Lightning Review: A Taste of SSD, for Cheap
February 17, 2012 – My computer takes too long to boot up. Around a minute and 18 seconds, to be precise(r). Which is why I want a solid state drive. But I don't want to pay ~$400 for 256 gigs of storage. More »
The Best Automatic Coffee Machine
February 16, 2012 – Every time I've written that the coffeemaker on your kitchen counter is terrible, I was only partly trolling you. It's true! Your cheap automatic coffee machine is ruining your coffee. More »
Why Rubber Rules
(Gizmodo.com ) February 13, 2012 – When Charles Goodyear figured out how to take the smelly sap from some trees and turn it into the rubber of industry, the finished, stretchy product bounced a crazy diverse number of materials out of their soon-to-be former jobs. [Jalopnik]
Why Rubber Rules: A Short History of the World’s Favorite Stretchy Substance
February 13, 2012 – When Charles Goodyear figured out how to take the smelly sap from some trees and turn it into the rubber of industry, the finished, stretchy product bounced a crazy diverse number of materials out of their soon-to-be former jobs. More »
Who Is the WORST Commenter?
February 10, 2012 – Commenters! A lot of you are great. Some of you are terrible. It's hard for us to read every single comment on the site. So we'd like your help. Please tell us about the worst commenter you know, and please explain why you're nominating them for summary execution. Be warned, if your nomination is... More »
Braun BNC400 Alarm Clock Lightning Review: How to Ruin Good Design
February 8, 2012 – I have something of a sleep problem. Or I guess, more accurately, a waking up problem. And my alarm clock died. So I bought this re-issue of Braun's Dietrich Labs and Dieter Rams-designed BNC004 travel alarm clock. More »
Another Reason Your K-Cup Coffee Machine Is a Terrible Thing
February 7, 2012 – I think the coffee that comes out of single-serving coffee pod machines is not very good. But, putting that aside, it can be obscenely expensive, as Oliver Strand points out in the NYT: For example, the Nespresso Arpeggio costs $5.70 for 10 espresso capsules, while the Folgers Black Silk blend for... More »
Designing Windows 8 or: How to Redesign a Religion
February 6, 2012 – There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. Like the guy who collects Steve Ballmer's dry cleaning. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest gig in Redmond. More »
The Internet Is Too F*cking Slow
February 3, 2012 – I'm trying to download a couple of games that are 5-15GB each and also back up my entire hard drive and holy Christ it is taking forrrrreeeeeverrrrr. Even with the relatively quick broadband available in New York City—relative to much of the country anyway—it's all very, very slow. More »
A Gadget Tax Worth Paying
February 1, 2012 – Joel Johnson, after he visited a Foxconn factory for Wired: To be soaked in materialism, to directly and indirectly champion it, has also brought guilt. More »
It’s Change Your Password Day
February 1, 2012 – Hey, so, it's Change Your Password Day. Which means you should like, change your password. Why are we asking people to do this? I probably have twice as many stupid accounts on a multitude of sites, services and forums than I did two years ago. More »
How Glass Changed the World—Over and Over Again
January 30, 2012 – You probably haven't given much thought to the fact that there's a slab of chemically strengthened glass in your pocket, deflecting blows from keys or change or any other hard objects might slide or scrape or scratch against it, or that the hundreds of millions of similar slices of glass lining... More »
Your Passwords Suck
January 30, 2012 – The only person you can rely on to keep your password secure is yourself. And let me tell you, you're probably not doing enough to keep number one safe. More »
February 1 Is Change Your Password Day
(Gizmodo.com ) January 27, 2012 – If you are like me—and of course you are, right? we are all gingers inside—you probably have password security that ranges from awful-like-Batman-Forever to thoroughly mediocre. [Lifehacker]
February 1 Is Change Your Password Day
January 26, 2012 – If you are like me—and of course you are, right? we are all gingers inside—you probably have password security that ranges from awful-like-Batman-Forever to thoroughly mediocre. More »
Pinterest Is Tumblr for Ladiez
(Gizmodo.com ) January 24, 2012 – Quick! Name the most perplexing social site you can think of. If you are a dude, it is probably Pinterest. [Jezebel]
